American Colonies, 1775.Women were very busy during the revolution war. Throughout the 13 colonies from the US, many women worked together to provide as much help as possible. Men went off to war, leaving women behind to work and tack care of the injured from the war. Those women worked as nurses some disguised as men to be in war and others run the house hold.
Many women had various roles during the Revolutionary War. Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley also known as “Molly Pitcher” helped out by loading the cannons when her husband was wounded in the war. Betsy Ross was the one woman that made the first American flag. She made the flag around the Revolutionary war. Deborah Sampson worked at a family farm and wanted to go to war but she couldn’t because she was a girl. She changed her name to Timothy Thayer which was her brother’s name. She wrapped a cloth around her chest to look more like a man along with cutting her hair. She then signed up to be a soldier in the war. She did serve in the war, but was caught when she became wounded.
Our American Revolutionary War lasted less than seven years. The war began in 1775 and finally ended in 1783 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Women throughout the 13 colonies stepped up to help out while their husbands, brothers and sons went to fight in the war with the British.
The women of the Revolutionary War had to take over the jobs of men during this time because they were all away fighting in the war. Some women disguised themselves like men to be in the war; they cut their hair and wrapped cloth around their chests. Other women would follow men around, taking care of the injured during the war, cooking and other needs. Another job included staying home on the farm, she considered herself as a farmer. Nancy Ward saw her husband die in a battle with the Creek Indians. She took up her husband's bow and arrow and led the Cherokee tribe to victory. They did this because they wanted to show that women can be put in the war and survive. As a result of the war and men being gone, women had many roles. They served as nurses, farmers, landowners and some even disguised themselves to enter the war as soldiers. This war has given women more responsibility and jobs that a man has. Reported by: Sarah Pierce, Danielle Stewart, Cassie Stewart Mrs. Tyrrell’s class 1st period
WOMEN HELP DURING THE WAR
Many women had various roles during the Revolutionary War. Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley also known as “Molly Pitcher” helped out by loading the cannons when her husband was wounded in the war. Betsy Ross was the one woman that made the first American flag. She made the flag around the Revolutionary war. Deborah Sampson worked at a family farm and wanted to go to war but she couldn’t because she was a girl. She changed her name to Timothy Thayer which was her brother’s name. She wrapped a cloth around her chest to look more like a man along with cutting her hair. She then signed up to be a soldier in the war. She did serve in the war, but was caught when she became wounded.
As a result of the war and men being gone, women had many roles. They served as nurses, farmers, landowners and some even disguised themselves to enter the war as soldiers. This war has given women more responsibility and jobs that a man has.
Reported by: Sarah Pierce, Danielle Stewart, Cassie Stewart Mrs. Tyrrell’s class 1st period